Military Service

1962-1968 – U.S. Air Force
Served as weapons controller in NORAD and NATO (West Germany) Rank upon honorable discharge in June, 1968 – Captain

Professional Experiences

1995-Present – Private practice. Focus on Family, Individual and Marital therapy and psychological testing. Special interest in working with adolescents as well as domestic violence, health and stress management.

1978-1981 – Research associate, The Institute of Behavioral Science, The University of Colorado‚ Boulder, Colorado Worked with Smart W. Cook in conducting, analyzing and reporting experiments investigating respect and liking in cooperating inter-racial groups.

Professional Publications

Cook, S. W. and Pelfrey, M.C. (1985). Reactions to being helped in cooperating interracial groups: a context effect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 49, 1231-1245

Cook, S. W. and Pelfrey, M.-C. (1978) Determinants of respect and liking in cooperating interracial groups: The effects of group success, race of less competent group mate and helping behavior. Unpublished manuscript, University of Colorado, Institute of Behavioral Science.

Wackwitz, J. H.‚ Pelfrey,, M. C. and Stenmark, D. E. (1974) The relationship of social and personality characteristics on hallucinogen use among college females. Addictive Diseases: An International Journal, 1, 189-202.

Professional Presentations

Pelfrey, M. C. ‚ Tetrick, F. and Paige, D. (1989) Working With men who batter:

Pelfrey, M. C., Tetrick, F. and Paige, D. (1988) Working with the Batterer. The first statewide conference sponsored jointly by Men Against Violence Against Women and Virginians Against Domestic Violence, Richmond, VA. .

Cook, S. W. and Pelfrey, M. C. (1983) The effects of being helped in cooperating interracial groups. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco.

Stenmark, D. E., Milne, L. D. and Pelfrey, M. C. (1974) The effects of applying community psychology theory to the state planning process. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans.

1991 – American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy 49m Annual Conference, Dallas,TX. 4 day conference, including a one day (6hr.) institute on working with couples. 22 hours total Seminar time.

1988 – Seventh Annual Conference on Domestic Violence‚ Virginia Department of Social Services and Virginians Against Domestic Violence. A 3 day Conference with national speakers and Workshop presenters.

1985 – Family Therapy Networker Symposium. 3 day Conference with national presenters and Workshop leaders. Workshop on dealing with families with alcoholism (Michael Elkin), and Workshop on Ericksonian Hypnotherapy with the Lanktons.